People with stupid names

Spore · 30-10-2020 3:20pm #1

Ok, so I was just watching House of Games there, and in fairness it’s had its fair share of mouth breathers over the few seasons but Tyger Drew Honey was in a league of his own. I mean I’ve seen bacterial infections with more brain cells that this vacuous foolmonger. And it got me thinking, does the fact that his parents chose such a moronic appellation for him that set him up to be the dimwit he is today or is it a factor of his parents probably having stupid names and stupid genes and therefore having sought one another out in some reversal of Darwinian natural selection and then mated thus giving existence to this piece of pond life?

I’ve started seeing lots of people come of age recently named after grape varietals, colours, fruit and compass directions. Wtf people? Chardonnay, Puce, Apple and North are not fecking names!! And neither is Tyger Goddamn Drew Honey!!

One last example was in a pub (back when they were open, bless) and a colleague of mine showed me his infant son’s passport. He was grinning as I read the forenames: Sunny Moon. Evidently having not one but two celestial bodies in your name will set you up for life.

DrPhilG · 30-10-2020 3:42pm

2/10

JasonStatham · 30-10-2020 11:06pm

Spore wrote: »

Ok, so I was just watching House of Games there, and in fairness it’s had its fair share of mouth breathers over the few seasons but Tyger Drew Honey was in a league of his own. I mean I’ve seen bacterial infections with more brain cells that this vacuous foolmonger. And it got me thinking, does the fact that his parents chose such a moronic appellation for him that set him up to be the dimwit he is today or is it a factor of his parents probably having stupid names and stupid genes and therefore having sought one another out in some reversal of Darwinian natural selection and then mated thus giving existence to this piece of pond life?

I’ve started seeing lots of people come of age recently named after grape varietals, colours, fruit and compass directions. Wtf people? Chardonnay, Puce, Apple and North are not fecking names!! And neither is Tyger Goddamn Drew Honey!!

One last example was in a pub (back when they were open, bless) and a colleague of mine showed me his infant son’s passport. He was grinning as I read the forenames: Sunny Moon. Evidently having not one but two celestial bodies in your name will set you up for life.

The bloke wasn't Korean by any chance?

L1011 · 30-10-2020 11:11pm

Tyger Drew Honeys parents are two pornstars. Not the kind of people to go for a non-extroverted name I'd imagine.

Spore · 01-11-2020 9:46pm

No, I wouldn't wish that on the Koreans : (

SineadSpears · 01-11-2020 9:50pm

I'd rather introduce myself as Tyger than Apple

doublejobbing 2 · 03-11-2020 10:45pm

What's the story in Ireland with Dublin vs rural only names?

In Dublin you would essentially never meet a native:

- Podge, Brid, Breege, Bronagh, Malachy, Ultan,

Now, granted these are all terrible names, but they're somewhat popular down the sticks.

Likewise, it is quite common in Dublin to have names that, down the country, would almost exclusively be used only by Protestant families (these mainly applying to people born pre 1990)

- Derek, Audrey, George,

PsychoPete · 03-11-2020 10:52pm

L1011 wrote: »

Tyger Drew Honeys parents are two pornstars. Not the kind of people to go for a non-extroverted name I'd imagine.

Lindzi James Tyger Drew Honey is his full name and a son to Ben Dover. He got dealt a bad hand

dennyire · 04-11-2020 12:16am

Spore?

Edgware · 04-11-2020 12:58am

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

What's the story in Ireland with Dublin vs rural only names?

In Dublin you would essentially never meet a native:

- Podge, Brid, Breege, Bronagh, Malachy, Ultan,

Now, granted these are all terrible names, but they're somewhat popular down the sticks.

Likewise, it is quite common in Dublin to have names that, down the country, would almost exclusively be used only by Protestant families (these mainly applying to people born pre 1990)

- Derek, Audrey, George,

Worra bow Jason, Darren, Jacinta, Sharon.
Real dirtbird names common in Dublin District Court

Badly Drunk Boy · 04-11-2020 1:17am

PsychoPete wrote: »

Lindzi James Tyger Drew Honey is his full name and a son to Ben Dover. He got dealt a bad hand

His father's real name is Simon Honey and his mother's name is Lindzi Drew, hence part of his name.

I was watching the quiz Only Connect last week, and after one of the 3-person teams introduced themselves, the presenter mentioned that two of them had the same surname so...were they family? (The surname was Hayfield.) The American female captain of the team said that the man to her left was her husband, and that Hayfield was a portmanteau of their 'maiden' names. So their names were previously perhaps Hayes and Mansfield, which mushed together makes Hayfield when they got married!!

I mean...when they get divorced (and not if), will they revert to their previous names? And what will their kids do?

BENDYBINN · 05-04-2021 12:35pm

John terry called his daughter ...Summer Rose..

05-04-2021 12:44pm

I think my full name is a bit daft. If you knew what it was, you would probably agree. Still not as bad as my sisters, who were all given boys' names, like Dinny. Don't ask, I have no idea either.

I really think that parents in the 1980s, who were young people deprived of the internet, just wanted to troll their kids before anyone knew what troll meant. These were only young people who nowadays would be spending most of their time on snapchat.

shtpEdthePlum · 05-04-2021 12:46pm

EmmetSpiceland · 05-04-2021 12:56pm

BENDYBINN wrote: »

John terry called his daughter ...Summer Rose..

Is that not a nice name?

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Still not as bad as my sisters, who were all given boys' names, like Dinny. Don't ask, I have no idea either.

I once had an “encounter” with a lovely young lady with the name Denny. Think it was short for Denise, though. I never asked.

BENDYBINN · 05-04-2021 1:08pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Is that not a nice name

I’d say she would be fair embarrassed when asked her name at school.......

For Forks Sake · 05-04-2021 1:14pm

Badly Drunk Boy · 05-04-2021 1:21pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Is that not a nice name?

I once had an “encounter” with a lovely young lady with the name Denny. Think it was short for Denise, though. I never asked.

And 'Dinny' comes from the name Dennis, so the same thing but just different gender.

LarryGraham · 05-04-2021 1:23pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1Zfz-Widc

EmmetSpiceland · 05-04-2021 1:26pm

BENDYBINN wrote: »

I’d say she would be fair embarrassed when asked her name at school.......

Ah yeah but she could just go by Summer. I actually know a kid named Summer. Never really thought it was odd.

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

And 'Dinny' comes from the name Dennis, so the same thing but just different gender.

I initially thought of Denny Doherty from ‘The Mamas and Papas’ when I heard it first.

the beer revolu · 05-04-2021 1:27pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Is that not a nice name?

I once had an “encounter” with a lovely young lady with the name Denny. Think it was short for Denise, though. I never asked.

I always think of women with male nicknames/abbreviations as being very old school landed posh!

BorneTobyWilde · 05-04-2021 1:29pm

Avril Hoare

Can you imagine looking for directions when close to her address but not knowing where she lived, stopping and asking a local '' I'm looking for the Hoare house''

Mimon · 05-04-2021 1:33pm

Turtle Bunbury

Enright · 05-04-2021 1:38pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Avril Hoare

Can you imagine looking for directions when close to her address but not knowing where she lived, stopping and asking a local '' I'm looking for the Hoare house''

I know her sister "Ima", she lives next door to Annette Curtin

EmmetSpiceland · 05-04-2021 1:47pm

Mimon wrote: »

Turtle Bunbury

To be fair, that’s a nickname.

BENDYBINN · 05-04-2021 2:21pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Ah yeah but she could just go by Summer. I actually know a kid named Summer. Never really thought it was odd.

No she has to go by her full name......it could be worse, she could have been called Winter Barley...........

05-04-2021 3:48pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

And 'Dinny' comes from the name Dennis, so the same thing but just different gender.

Yeah that's true. Hers is based on Diane so there's no great leap, but it's even stranger when the names are unrelated. How did Richard become Dick? Why is Margaret also Peg? We had a postman named Bunny who was called Frank, officially.

There's a family in our village where none of them go by their official names. They have "Nazi", "Smiley", "Rocky", "Chub" and "Nance" — Nance is an agricultural contractor in his 40s. Nice guy, but...??

Not sure if this is a rural thing, or what.

05-04-2021 4:03pm

I know someone who called her daughter Maggie. It's grand like but hmm no.

05-04-2021 4:04pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I think my full name is a bit daft. If you knew what it was, you would probably agree. Still not as bad as my sisters, who were all given boys' names, like Dinny. Don't ask, I have no idea either.

I really think that parents in the 1980s, who were young people deprived of the internet, just wanted to troll their kids before anyone knew what troll meant. These were only young people who nowadays would be spending most of their time on snapchat.

You have a fantastic name!

SineadSpears · 05-04-2021 4:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I know someone who called her daughter Maggie. It's grand like but hmm no.

I know someone who in the last few years called her new bundle of joy......

Eamonn

poor poor kid

05-04-2021 4:58pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You have a fantastic name!

Yeah, try having to spell it for a hotel booking, or whatever; not so keen!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I know someone who called her daughter Maggie. It's grand like but hmm no.

Not crazy about Maggie but I think names like "Mary" and "Josephine" are making a comeback. 30 or 40 years from now, these will be unusual names. They also happen to be a nice choice IMO.

People with stupid names

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